LAHORE, Sept 8 Batsman Azeem Ghumman has been named captain of the Pakistan under-19 team, which will tour Zimbabwe from Sept 29 to Oct 14 as a part of its preparations for next year's Junior World Cup.

A training camp will be held in Lahore from Sept 11 to 17.

Team Rameez Aziz (Karachi), Azeem Ghumman (captain from Hyderabad), Faraz Ali (Karachi), Babar Azam (Lahore), Hamad Azam (Rawalpindi), Muzamil Nizam (Rawalpindi), Mohammad Owais (Hyderabad), Usman Qadir (Lahore), Nasir Malik (Rawalpindi), Abdul Ameer (Karachi), Kaleem Sana (Rawalpindi), Sarmand Bhatti (Islamabad), Shahzaib Ahmed (Karachi), Anup Ravi (Karachi), Raza Hasan (Sialkot).

Reserve players Waleed Iqbal (Multan), M. Irfan Ismail (Quetta), Ziaul Haque (Multan), Hamza Zaheer (Faisalabad), Junaid Ilyas (Karachi), Waqar Khan (Islamabad).

Team management Abdul Raqueeb (manager), Sabih Azhar (coach), Rashid Ali Qureshi (trainer), Dr Sohail Saleem (doctor-cum-physio), Usman Hashmi (analyst).

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